David Dao

@daviddao.org

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist @gainforest.earth Lead Economies & Governance @plrd.org

Congrats to all of the winners of the AI for Public Goods grants program!! So inspired to see the breadth of work being done on biodiversity, mental health, democratic engagement, and better funding mechanisms for public goods (very meta!).

David Dao@daviddao.org · 3w ago

I'm so excited to announce this year's winners of the @ai4pg.com $150K Grants program, supporting the AI community that improves how public goods are funded, evaluated and governed in an equitable way. Explore the winning projects and abstracts: www.ai4pg.com/grants/ai4pg...

𝑩𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 goes live tomorrow! 🌏 Join us for the first-ever live demo of the impact reporting platform that turns community-led conservation work into verified, impact records. 📅 July 3, 2026 🕑 1:30 PM CET | Online 🔗 Register here: luma.com/91tiylnt

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# Rewilding the Web A button on my phone. One word: “Migrate.” I pressed it. From Bluesky to W, hosted in Europe — and I kept what mattered. My posts, my follows, the years of conversation: still reachable.

Rented intelligence is arguably the most dangerous dependency of our modern times. We pay for our data to be extracted while created decisions are not our own anymore. Yesterday showed us a glimpse what this means to the world. We need data and decision sovereignty!

I'll be in Munich this July speaking at ethis.xyz. Excited to meet fellow builders and researchers - but ESPECIALLY EXCITED to speak inside my favorite museum of my childhood, the German Museum of Science 🧬 🌱!!!

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Want to check out my talk from #AtmosphereConf and #ATScience? Here is a link! I talked about an effort to migrate people in my field over to Bluesky, and why I think things didn't work out as well as we had hoped. Be sure to watch the other talks too; they were amazing! 👇

Reigniting the Party: Lessons from a Stalled Migration to Bluesky - ATmosphereConf 2026

YouTube video by AT Protocol Development, Tech Talks, and Events

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ATProto Science@atproto.science · 4mo ago

Want to see the #ATScience talk recordings? We're collecting them here! (most are there, still working on a few)

Forests are data-rich~ and we're learning to listen. 🌿 🎙️ On human.​talk we speak with Dr. David Dao @daviddao.org, co-founder of @gainforest.earth, about AI for biodiversity, the data gap in conservation, and building systems aligned with human & ecological flourishing. 🎧 Episode drops tomorrow

Launching AI for Public Goods Fast Grants! We'll distribute $150k to advance critical work connecting AI and public goods. 💰 $10k per project 💰 $800 reviewer compensation PUBLIC GOODS := open source, ecosystem services, climate, urban infrastructure, communication, education, science, and more.

David Dao@daviddao.org · 9mo ago

Announcing AI for Public Goods Fast Grants (AI4PG) 2025 Up to $10K for AI research improving decision making in public goods funding. Fast review (within 4 weeks), simple applications (max 1000 words), open to any researchers worldwide. Call for reviewers now open! recerts.org/ai4pg2025